Jim Broadbent

Acting · 2.8 popularity

Age

Movies

152

Born: May 24, 1949
From: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Biography

Jim Broadbent (born May 24, 1949) is an English actor. He won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his supporting role as John Bayley in the feature film Iris (2001), as well as winning a BAFTA TV Award and a Golden Globe for his leading role as Lord Longford in the television film Longford (2006). Broadbent received four BAFTA Film Award nominations and won for his performance in Moulin Rouge! (2001). He was also nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1972, Broadbent first came to prominence in the 1980s, chiefly appearing in television comedy including playing Roy Slater in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. He appeared in the Terry Gilliam films Time Bandits (1981) and Brazil (1985) before a breakthrough role in Mike Leigh's independent comedy drama Life Is Sweet (1990). His notable film roles since include The Borrowers (1997), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), The Gathering Storm (2002), Hot Fuzz (2007), Another Year (2010), The Iron Lady (2011), Arthur Christmas (2011), Cloud Atlas (2012) and Brooklyn (2015). He played Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter film series, Archmaester Ebrose in the seventh season of the television series Game of Thrones and Samuel Gruber in the Paddington film series.

Works

152 films

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

20118.1

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

20097.7

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

20057.1

Paddington in Peru

20246.8

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

20086.0

Bridget Jones's Diary

20016.7

Cloud Atlas

20126.9

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

20256.4

Robots

20056.5

Hot Fuzz

20077.6

Brazil

19857.7

The Legend of Tarzan

20165.9

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

20046.2

Paddington 2

20177.5

Dolittle

20206.6

Bridget Jones's Baby

20166.4

Moulin Rouge!

20017.5

Paddington

20147.1

Gangs of New York

20027.3

Arthur Christmas

20116.8

Around the World in 80 Days

20046.0

Jay Kelly

20256.2

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

19874.6

Inkheart

20086.3

Brooklyn

20157.3

Big Game

20145.5

Valiant

20055.7

Eddie the Eagle

20167.2

The Iron Lady

20116.4

Time Bandits

19816.6

The Avengers

19984.4

The Borrowers

19976.1

The Duke

20216.9

Black '47

20186.6

Filth

20136.8

King Lear

20186.1

King of Thieves

20185.6

The Crying Game

19926.8

A Boy Called Christmas

20217.3

Nicholas Nickleby

20026.9

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

20236.6

Vanity Fair

20045.8

Vera Drake

20047.2

Richard III

19956.8

Erik the Viking

19895.9

The Young Victoria

20097.2

Closed Circuit

20135.9

The Dogs of War

19805.8

Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice

20127.5

Bullets Over Broadway

19947.1

Art School Confidential

20066.1

The Lady in the Van

20156.4

Rough Magic

19955.7

The Magic Roundabout

20055.4

Iris

20016.4

The Passage

19796.0

Six Minutes to Midnight

20206.2

Get Santa

20146.1

Birds Like Us

20174.1

Topsy-Turvy

19996.6

Widows' Peak

19946.5

Life Is Sweet

19917.0

Smilla's Sense of Snow

19976.3

What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas

2025

Einstein and Eddington

20086.8

Princess Caraboo

19945.5

Another Year

20107.0

The Gathering Storm

20026.6

Postman Pat: The Movie

20145.2

The Hit

19846.5

The Shout

19786.0

The Damned United

20097.2

The Sense of an Ending

20176.4

Little Voice

19986.5

The Weather Inside

20154.3

The Go-Between

19716.8

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

20087.8

Le Week-End

20136.2

Tooth

20044.1

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

20036.7

Bright Young Things

20036.3

The Secret Agent

19965.6

Enchanted April

19916.8

Ethel & Ernest

20167.5

And When Did You Last See Your Father?

20076.5

Perrier's Bounty

20105.8

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

19887.5

The Harry Hill Movie

20134.8

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

20237.7

Pride

20046.1

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

19997.4

Nona

19918.0

Dennis

2026

Van Gogh

19901.0

Vroom

19886.5

The Young Visiters

20035.3

Charlotte

20226.4

Tales of the Riverbank

20084.6

The King's Beard

20026.3

The Last Englishman

1995

Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz

2007

Breaking Glass

19806.9

Long Distance Information

197910.0

(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story

20216.0

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

20084.5

A Sense of History

19927.4

The Good Father

19855.6

Our Winnie

1982

Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

20199.0

7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting

1989

Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night

1996

Happy Families

1985

Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

19935.3

Anna Spud

2003

Silas Marner

19855.9

Prince Cinders

19939.0

Games Without Frontiers

1980

The Go-Between

20156.8

Longford

20066.5

Dead on Time

19836.7

Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection

200410.0

The Life Story of Baal

197810.0

An A to Z of Paddington

2024

Lost and Found

20087.8

The Man Who Shot Christmas

198410.0

The One and Only Mike Leigh

20149.0

Walter

19825.9

Walter and June

19836.7

Birth of a Nation

19837.8

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

19828.0

The Insurance Man

19865.9

The Phone Call

20137.3

The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'

20016.8

Picture Friend

1985

Call Me Back

2023

Wide-Eyed and Legless

19936.5

Running Out of Luck

19875.8

2022 Wimbledon Official Film

2023

The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice

19808.0

Happy Feet

1991

Chance Meeting

2013

New Town Utopia

20189.0

Phoelix

19798.0

Intensive Care

19829.0

The Hangover

1989

Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown

1993

Uliisses

19824.3

Fools

2026

Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night

1996

Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm

1998

Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party

1997

Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path

1997